In a first conviction against the ousted leader, a Syrian court convicted Al-Assad of crimes during the country's nearly 14-year war. Assad fled Damascus in 2024 as rebel fighters approached and is currently in Moscow

Bashar and Maher Assad remain in Russia after fleeing Syria following the collapse of their government. Syria's new authorities have called on Moscow to extradite them to face…

A criminal court in Damascus sentenced former Syrian president Bashar al-Assad to death in absentia on Tuesday for premeditated murder, torture, arbitrary detention and crimes…

The Criminal Court in Damascus on Tuesday found Bashar al-Assad guilty of premeditated murder.